Numbers 3 KJV

¹These also [are] the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day [that] the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. Aaron God Moses Mount Sinai

²And these [are] the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Aaron Abihu Eleazar Ithamar Nadab

³These [are] the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office. Aaron

⁴And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father. Aaron God Abihu Eleazar Ithamar Nadab Sinai Wilderness

⁵¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, God Moses

⁶Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. Aaron Levi

⁷And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

⁸And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. Jacob

⁹And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they [are] wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. Aaron Levi Jacob

¹⁰And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Aaron

¹¹And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, God Moses

¹²And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; Levi Jacob

¹³Because all the firstborn [are] mine; [for] on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I [am] the LORD. God Jacob Egypt

¹⁴¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, God Moses Sinai Wilderness

¹⁵Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. Levi

¹⁶And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. God Moses

¹⁷And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. Levi Gershon Kohath Merari

¹⁸And these [are] the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. Gershon Laadan Shimei

¹⁹And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath Amram Hebron Izhar Uzziel

²⁰And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These [ are] the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. Levi Merari Mahli Mushi

²¹Of Gershon [was] the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these [are] the families of the Gershonites. Gershon Laadan Shimei

²²Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [even] those that were numbered of them [were] seven thousand and five hundred.

²³The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. Gershon

²⁴And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites [shall be] Eliasaph the son of Lael. Gershon Eliasaph Lael

²⁵And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation [shall be] the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, Gershon

²⁶And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which [is] by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

²⁷¶ And of Kohath [was] the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these [are] the families of the Kohathites. Kohath Amram Hebron Izhar Uzziel

²⁸In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary.

²⁹The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. Kohath

³⁰And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites [shall be] Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. Kohath Uzziel Elizaphan

³¹And their charge [shall be] the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof.

³²And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest [shall be] chief over the chief of the Levites, [and have] the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. Aaron Eleazar Levi

³³¶ Of Merari [was] the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these [are] the families of Merari. Merari Mahli Mushi

³⁴And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, [were] six thousand and two hundred.

³⁵And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari [was] Zuriel the son of Abihail: [these] shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. Merari Abihail Zuriel

³⁶And [under] the custody and charge of the sons of Merari [shall be] the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, Merari

³⁷And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords.

³⁸¶ But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, [even] before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, [shall be] Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. Aaron Moses Jacob

³⁹All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, [were] twenty and two thousand. Aaron God Moses Levi

⁴⁰¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. God Moses Jacob

⁴¹And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I [am] the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. God Levi Jacob

⁴²And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. God Moses Jacob

⁴³And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen.

⁴⁴¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, God Moses

⁴⁵Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I [am] the LORD. God Levi Jacob

⁴⁶And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; Levi Jacob

⁴⁷Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take [them:] (the shekel [is] twenty gerahs:)

⁴⁸And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. Aaron

⁴⁹And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: Moses Levi

⁵⁰Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five [shekels], after the shekel of the sanctuary: Jacob

⁵¹And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. Aaron God Moses